Pillars, Walls and Monuments

Consider how long these walls have stood, the storms that this building has weathered. Think of all the people who have stood before you in this very place. For centuries people have come here for shelter from their enemies and from their troubles.
They have come to God for help.

The Pillars and Walls

Various parts of the walls and aisles were built at different times.
You can see the different sizes of stones used.
At the east and west ends of church you can see the signs of an earlier roof line.
Throughout the church, but especially on the south arcade wall and near the east window, you will see carved saxon and medieval stones reused as building stones. One such is the dragon, above the easternmost arch of the south arcade and best seen from the front north pews.

Monuments

All around the church there are monuments from various dates to local landowners, former rectors and curates and the dead from the great wars. They range from the splendid to the simple.

Transcribers needed

We are starting on an exciting new project to create a Burial Ground Management System with the help of Atlantic Geomatics Ltd. Atlantic Geomatics have already created an accurate plan of our churchyard including all headstones and trees. We have now photographed all our burial registers and uploaded them onto the new system. The next action is to transcribe these burial registers into the system so that details can then be matched up headstones and a search facility created. Further enhancements would then follow.

So....we are now need volunteers to transcribe the burial registers. We already have a number of willing volunteers but can always use more. The work can be done anywhere and by anyone so long as they have access to the internet and the ability to type in details. The photographs of the burial register come up on screen together with the boxes to be completed for transcribing. Even if you are reading this in Australia you can still join in.